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Finnish maritime technology firm Wärtsilä and Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, are working on a joint project to launch an ammonia-fuelled tanker producing no greenhouse gas emissions by 2024.
With Norwegian government support worth 46.3 million NOK (4.4 million EUR), the partnership aims to build what will be the world s first green ammonia fuelled tanker. The MS Green Ammonia project is the result of a Nordic industrial collaboration group founded from the Zeeds (Zero Emissions Energy Distribution at Sea) initiative, Wärtsilä said.
Pilot-E, the Norwegian funding scheme will support the project with a NOK 46,3 million grant.
Grieg and Wärtsilä to build green ammonia tanker December 18, 2020, by Jasmina Ovcina
Grieg Edge, an innovation hub established by Grieg Star Group, and Wärtsilä Norway have secured financial support for their project to build the world’s first green ammonia fueled tanker – to ship green ammonia.
Specifically, the MS Green Ammonia project will receive NOK 46.3 million from the Norwegian funding scheme Pilot-E confirmed.
The partnership aims to launch the GHG emission-free tanker in 2024.
The MS Green Ammonia project is the first big venture of Grieg Edge. It is a result of a Nordic industrial collaboration group initiated by Zero Emission Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEds).
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Wärtsilä And Grieg To Build World’s First Green Ammonia Fuelled Tanker
December 18, 2020
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With Norwegian government support worth 46.3 million NOK (4.4 million EUR), the partnership aims to build the world’s first green ammonia fuelled tanker.
The technology group Wärtsilä and Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, are jointly running a project to launch an ammonia-fuelled tanker producing no greenhouse gas emissions by 2024. The MS Green Ammonia project is the result of a Nordic industrial collaboration group founded from the Zeeds (Zero Emissions Energy Distribution at Sea) initiative. Pilot-E, the Norwegian funding scheme will support the project with a NOK 46,3 mil